Seemingly every household has now converted to wireless internet: what a lot of people don’t realise, is that in doing so, they’ve actually created their own home network. Networks can do an awful lot more than provide you with the internet, most people don’t have a central music source and resort to plugging an iPod into their Hi-Fi or even moving their laptops around. Seems like an awful lot of effort to me… Fear not, though, as help is at hand people: Ben will show you the way!

You’ve no idea how much I hate wires, so when searching for an elegant solution to my music dispensing needs, keeping them to a minimum was an absolute must. Enter [Stage Right]: the Logitech Squeezebox Duet, originally created by Slimdevices who were subsequently bought out by Logitech. The Squeezebox Duet unsurprisingly comes in two parts; a wireless remote and the Squeezebox itself. Both connect directly to your wireless router and then stream your music from a program you have to install on either a NAS device or computer to your Hi-Fi of choice. The true beauty of the system is that the Squeezeboxes are available separately and any number of them can be controlled from the one remote, allowing you to slowly expand your system – rather than having to fork out a mountain of cash on day one. You can even stream the music to the remote allowing it to be used as a mp3 player around the house!

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